Subject to the provisions of this Act—
(a) every firm having a place of business in Saint Lucia and carrying on business under a business name which does not consist of the true surnames of all partners who are individuals and the corporate names of all partners who are corporations without any addition other than the true christian names of individual partners or initials of such christian names;
(b) every individual having a place of business in Saint Lucia and carrying on business under a business name which does not consist of his or her true surname without any addition other than his or her true christian names or the initials;
(c) every individual or firm having a place of business in Saint Lucia, who, or a member of which, has either before of after the commencement of this Act changed his or her name, except in the case of a woman in consequence of marriage;
(d) every company as defined in the Commercial Code, carrying on business under a business name which does not consist of its corporate name without any addition,
shall be registered in the manner directed by this Act. However—
(i) where the addition merely indicates that the business is carried on in succession to a former owner of the business, that addition shall not of itself render registration necessary,
(ii) where 2 or more individual partners have the same surname, the addition of an “s” at the end of that surname shall not of itself render registration necessary,
(iii) where the business is carried on by a trustee in bankruptcy or the official receiver or a receiver or manager appointed by the Court, registration shall not be necessary,
(iv) a purchase or acquisition of property by 2 or more persons is not of itself to be deemed carrying on a business whether or not the owners share any profits arising from the sale of the property.